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Letters- Patent No. 83,579, dated Octotcr27, 1868.

JMPRQVED WATER-WHEEL.

The Schedule referred tq in these Letters Patent and making part of thes'ame.

To all whom it 'may conce/m:

Be it known that We, A. N. WOLF, of Sheridan, in i the county ofLebanon, and State of Pennsylvania,

being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theV letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification, and in which-Figure l' is a longitudinal section ;v

Figure 2, a plan view, the upper cap being removed; and r Figru'e 3 is aperspective'of the wheel.

Our invention consists in certain improvements in water-wheels,hereinafter more fullyset forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which our inventionappertains, to make and use the same,

we will now proceed .to describe its construction and operation.

A represents ,the lower casing of a water-wheel, which casing, at asuitable distance from its outer periphery, is provided with a flange,around which a ring,

a, is placed.`

On the lower casing A, between its inner periphery and the ring a, aresecured siX chutes, B B, as shown in.iig.' 2. yThese chutes are soformed, that their inner ring, all the gates are opened at the sametime, and as far as may be desired, thus regulating the flow of water.The hinges d d, by which the gates are thus regulated, are secured tothe ring a by means of pins, which are inserted into said ring, passthrough the hinge, and are secured to another ring, similarto the ringa, placed above the chutes and gates. This latter ring fits into acorresponding recess o n the lower yside of the upper casing D, which issecured to the lower by means of bolts and screws, or in any othermanner desired.

-On the outel side of then ring a, as welleas on the ring above thesame, are a few cogs, b 11, and a shaft is 'placed vertically through orsecured to the upper and lower casiugs, on which shaft pinions c aresecured. These pinions work inthe cogs b 11,'s0 that by turning saidshaft the rings are turned at the same time, opening or closing thegates.

It will thus be seen that the flow of water to the wheel can be easilyregulated from above.

rIhe wheel E, which is placed between the two easings A and D, the shaftF passing up through the latf ter,- consists of an upper circular plate,to the lower side of which twelve buckets, F F, are secured, at equaldistance from each other, the outer edges being even with the outerperiphery ofthe circular plate.

The buckets F F are curved, as shown in iigs. 2 and 3, and have each anoutlet or opening'towards the inner side of the wheel. The bottom orlower side of the buckets is formed of an inclined plate, I, forminganother outlet for the water on the bottom or lower side ofthe wheel.The buckets are held togetheron their lower side by means of a ring, J',at their outer edge, and another, Q, near their inner, between which tworings the .bottom plates I I are firmly secured.

' It will be seen that by this arrangement eachbucket has two 'outletsfor the water; and the bucket strikes the same point on the wheel, andproduces al great percussion and pressure.

Having thus fully described our invention,

What yWe claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the casing A, wheel E, chutes B B, hinged gates O C,and ring a, all constructed, ar-

ranged, and operated, substantially asset forthf In testimonythat weclaim the foregoing as our own,

l we afiix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

A. N. WOLF. JOEL HAAG. Witnesses: Y

'ISRAEL GARRETT,

WILLIAM H. LEININGER.

